Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has defended the Government’s decision to offer a loan to the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), following criticisms from Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs). Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, Vaz addressed the backlash... https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/10/vaz-defends-jps-loan-accuses-opposition-shedding-crocodile-tears/ | The Jamaica Observer

Government backbencher Everald Warmington yesterday cautioned Parliament's Standing Finance Committee Chairman Juliet Holness, after objecting to Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Rocky Meade, responding to questions he said should be answered only by the finance minister. “When I'm speaking, I do not expect anybody to cut off my mic,” he said to Holness, who urged him to comment without being repetitive. #GLNRToday | Jamaica Gleaner

Finance Minister Fayval Williams has urged Opposition MP Dr Alfred Dawes to consider the plight of patients still awaiting electricity as he questioned the opportunity cost of the government’s US$150 million (J$24 billion) loan to the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to speed up post-Hurricane Melissa power restoration. They were at Tuesday's sitting of a committee that examined the revised national budget. Earlier, Westmoreland Eastern MP Dayton Campbell challenged how the government will ensure re